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Private JAMES MAKINSON

Service Number: 15960
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETRETAT CHURCHYARD

II. D. 14A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Annie Makinson, of 72, Bolton Rd., Chorley, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE TO HIM O LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ETRETAT CHURCHYARD
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 264
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